Solution to the left/right driving issue

[rendermad 1]

Date: 5/30/2005 9:34:41 AM Author: vester_DK

I have danish as my primary language on my machine. When I chance the 13 to 1 as descripe, it chances from left to right hand driving, but also the language to danish, which I like to be english.
Thinking of it, I might try to chance the language to english before entering the game.

EDIT: No it did do it for me. Still have to play with right hand driving and danish or english and left hand driving.
Any one got an idea how to get english and right hand driving ?

If you change the key to 1 you need to change the name of the folder UKEnglsh (found in your Simcity 4 folder) to English.

  

 

Date: 5/30/2005 12:57:10 PM Author: Adm Lee J.E. Braden

Wrong way round, that makes UK verson act like US versions, I need US to UK version

 

You need to change the registry key to 13 and rename the folder English to UKEnglsh (that's not a typo).

[LBraden 14]

what registery key, and where

[rendermad 1]

 

Date: 6/18/2005 10:44:34 AM Author: Adm Lee J.E. Braden what registery key, and where

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Check the first post in this thread, it's explained there.

I'll post two files that will make it easier if you don't know how to use regedit. See next post.

[rendermad 1]

Attached is a zip containing two files that make it easier to change driving sides. Click Here

 

Unzip those files anywhere you want, And double click on the one you want to use:

Right_Hand_English.reg    <- This will make the game change to right hand driving. You need to create a folder named English in your main SimCity 4 dir.

 

Left_Side_UKEnglsh.reg    <- This will make the game change to left hand driving. You need to create a folder named UKEnglsh in your main SimCity 4 dir.

 

After you use one of those and create the corresponding folder you must copy the file SimCityLocale.dat into the new folder.

You'll find that file in the folder corresponding to the language you used to play in.

If you were playing in dutch that would be the folder dutch, if you played in english with left side driving that would be UKEnglsh, etc.

You can find a list of folders (posted by lms) here:

English
UKEnglish
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Dutch
Danish
Swedish
Norwgian
Finnish
Hebrew
Russian
Japanese
Portuges
Polish
SChinese
Korean
Hindi
Arabic
Blgarian
Cyrillic
Ukranian
Czech
Greek
Hngarian
Icelandc
Romanian
Latin
Slovak
Albania
Turkish
SFrench
CFrench
BFrench
SGerman
SItalian
BDutch
MSpanish
Tagalog
Vietnmse

 

Hopefully this will solve any problems you might have with changing driving sides.

[newyorkrunaway1 110]

this helps a lot!!!

[Power_Fan 0]

I'm not sure why but... I have changed my registor key to 13, created 'UKEnglsh' folder in my directory, copied the locale into there and I have even download the left hand side zip and put it into the folder. And still my cars are driving on the Wrong (Right) side of the road. Please Help Me!

[simoplis_mayor 3]

hey can u make one for windows 98 pls

 

[vester_DK 477]

rendermad thanks for the answers from the 6/10/2005. Just seen it todays and I got it working. English with right hand drivning. YES!

[allthatsleft 0]

I recently downloaded the NAM MOD and i installed it and everything, there only seems to be the problem that the arrows on the avenues are on the wrong side, the cars still drive on the right side and thats fine b/c im in the US, but i want to know if theres a way to get the arrows on the right side rather then on the left

[vester_DK 477]

allthatsleft: Welcome to Simtropolis. I hope you enjoy your stay.

1st: That's a NAM issue, not left/right driving issue.
2nd: Again, read the readme file. You have install one file too much, probaly more. You REALLY needs to read it., because you have to choose which files you want to use, not just install all the files in the NAM-zip file. btw, if you look on the file names, I'm sure you can figure out which file you have installed to much, hint: left-hand...

3rd: Please post in prober thread in the future.

[NSide359 0]

There is a problem with my SC4. When I changed it to 13 and UKEnglish, when the advisors would come up, they will just have a bunch of symbols instead of real words. Is there some way that I can have english and left-hand driving?

I also have the Singapore version of SC4. Does this make a difference?

[rendermad 1]

Date: 10/2/2005 10:48:44 AM Author: NSide359

There is a problem with my SC4. When I changed it to 13 and 'UKEnglish', when the advisors would come up, they will just have a bunch of symbols instead of real words. Is there some way that I can have english and left-hand driving?

I also have the Singapore version of SC4. Does this make a difference?

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If you named your folder UKEnglish you need to rename it to UKEnglsh (notice there is no i).

If that doesn't work please please tell us.

[NSide359 0]

Wow, I feel real stupid right now. I never caught that. Well now my networks are driving on the left side, which is great.

[kbriffa 0]

Date: 5/29/2004 5:14:00 AM
Author: geoffhaw

Hmmm, I hadn't seen this old thread before. I'd like to echo braddie's comments about the traffic lights (and highway signs etc.). Is there anybody out there who can fix it so they show up on the 'correct' side of the road for those countries that drive on the left.

(Had to be really careful with my choice of words in that last sentence...lol >)

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I have the same problem as geoffhaw (left-hand drive with traffic lights and signs facing opposite way).

I've looked through the forums but it seems that nobody has found a solution to this problem.

Can someone tell me if he or she knows a solution to this problem?

[Stanislavs1 1]

 The sides changed, but look what you made me do

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[cjet_7 0]

Originally posted by: rendermad

Attached is a zip containing two files that make it easier to change driving sides. Click Here

 

Unzip those files anywhere you want, And double click on the one you want to use:

Right_Hand_English.reg    <- This will make the game change to right hand driving. You need to create a folder named English in your main SimCity 4 dir.

 

Left_Side_UKEnglsh.reg    <- This will make the game change to left hand driving. You need to create a folder named UKEnglsh in your main SimCity 4 dir.

 

After you use one of those and create the corresponding folder you must copy the file SimCityLocale.dat into the new folder.

You'll find that file in the folder corresponding to the language you used to play in.

If you were playing in dutch that would be the folder dutch, if you played in english with left side driving that would be UKEnglsh, etc.

Hopefully this will solve any problems you might have with changing driving sides.

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What attached zip file? i don't see one.

[vester_DK 477]

Well after forums was updated a lot of attached files were lost. I am not sure if it's the same, but have a look in the Modds & downloads.

[darste 3]

Hello all!!! Ok, here's the story: I live in South Africa and recently my mom went to the UK and decided to bring back a copy of SC4 Deluxe, so the same problem is here: Signs on right, cars on left, i think that sums it up. CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE WRITE A CLEAN CUT TUTORIAL ON HOW TO SWITCH AS I CANNOT UNDERStAND EVERYTHING THAT EVRYONE IS SAYING HERE!!!!! Thanks...

Hi again. Just tried the "Left to Right Hand Driving Switch" from the mod section. Didn't understand the instructions and Rendermad's instructions are not correct.... 

CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME HERE!!!!??

Thanks.....

[magpieshooter 1]

^ This should help:

Originally by rendermad

Create a folder in your SimCity 4 folder (probably Program Files/SimCity 4/)

named English. Copy the SimcityLocale.dat file from the language you wish the game to be in into that folder.

Open the Registry editor (press the start button on your taskbar, select run.. then type regedit )

Navigate to the folder under the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Maxis/SimCity 4/1.0

Double click where it say Language, a window will open up, replace the highlighted number with a 1. Click OK. Close the Registry Editor.

That should do it.

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[vester_DK 477]

darste: Are you using PC or MAC ?

The solution is described in this thread is for PC.

Find the file simcity_1.dat. In this folder there should be a sub folder called UKEnglsh or English.

(Note the spelling of the first). If you want to right hand driving then rename the folder UKEnglsh to English.

[darste 3]

THANX!!!!!

This helped alot.

[umnoscottishhootsmon 0]

Originally posted by: rendermad I've noticed that some people have bought the game in either europe or australia and have installed the English version (Which is actually the UK English version) and the cars drive on the left side of the road, but would prefer to have them drive on the right.

I have come up with a solution for this issue, involving using the Registry Editor. I am not very experienced with programming so I haven't managed to come up with some way of making this easier, but it still works.

Create a folder in your SimCity 4 folder (probably Program Files/SimCity 4/)

named English. Copy the SimcityLocale.dat file from the language you wish the game to be in into that folder.

Open the Registry editor (press the start button on your taskbar, select run.. then type regedit )

Navigate to the folder under the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Maxis/SimCity 4/1.0

Double click where it say Language, a window will open up, replace the highlighted number with a 1. Click OK. Close the Registry Editor.

That should do it.

It has been confirmed that the fix works for SC4 with or without Rush Hour.

EDIT: I've changed the instructions according to the some new information by DangerDave

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i already did all of that but i dont get a number i get EnglishUK and i changed it into english US but i dont get the value number "i have the UK version switching left to right coz of the traffic lights problem"

[mavewei 0]

Help! MY folder are name "TChinese" insteed of "SChinese".

I can't get my SimCity to work now!!!

What is the number of "TChinese"

Look like "TChinese" equal to "Traditional Chinese"

Thanks

[KilluaZaoldyeck 0]

Originally posted by: mavewei Help! MY folder are name "TChinese" insteed of "SChinese".

I can't get my SimCity to work now!!!

What is the number of "TChinese"

Look like "TChinese" equal to "Traditional Chinese"

Thanks

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Chinese (Tranditonal) is 12

And  Chinese (Simplified) is 11

But when I changed "TChinese" to "UKEnglsh", the Advisor Panel seems to go wrong, the Chinese characters are missing....

It seems that I have to use the other ways to change to Chinese (Tranditonal) with drive-on-left

[scottsimmons80 0]

Ok, I'm really sorry if this is a stupid question, but I have absolutely no idea what to do in order to change my current right hand drive to a left hand drive. Can somebody please explain in *really* simple steps exactly what I need to do in order to change this? I've read this thread over and over, as well as other ones, but I don't even know where to begin in order to make the changes needed. People talk about changing the language registry and whatnot, and I don't even know what that means!! Thanks to anyone who can provide me with the assistance I so desperately need!!

[vester_DK 477]

To run rededit: Click on start -> run -> type: rededit and click OK.

Now do a search for simcity

Change the langague registry key to 13 and exit. Then rename the folder English to UKEnglsh.

Note the missing i in UKEnglsh. Its not a typo.

[scottsimmons80 0]

Thanks for your help!! In the meantime, I somehow managed to get it to work! I tried before, but it didn't do anything, so I thought that I must've been doing it completely wrong. Don't know what I changed, but it ended up working!! Thanks again so much though, really appreciate it!

[umnoscottishhootsmon 0]

ok im reealy annoyed by this lump of junk

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[umnoscottishhootsmon 0]

ok im reealy annoyed by this lump of junk

i have changed all of my registry properties to one and the cars still drive on the wrong side of the road(left going to right)
however i have noticed the cars are on the right side but going the wrong way
reply soon

[umnoscottishhootsmon 0]

ive figured it out my cd dosnt have english US files on it could someone send me them or something cos the left to right download dosnt work